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MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING UTTONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,564-, dated September 23, 1884.

. Application tled April 2G, 1883. (No model.) Patented in France March 16, 1883, No. 154,338; in Belgium March 19, 1883, No. 60,800;

in England March 22, 1883, No. 1.524; in Germany March Q8, 1883, No. 24,409; in Italy April 12, 1883, No. 15,358, and in Spain August 25, 1883, No. 4,406.

.To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, J EAN FELD; Barran- OssEs, a citizen of the Republic of France, and` residing in Briare, France, have invented Improved Apparatus for the Manufacture of Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention, relating to the manufacture of buttons, consists in the employment of an improved apparatus for performing the operation of fixing the shanks in the head, whereby the said operation is greatly facilitated and accelerated, as hereinafter described.

In the manufacture of buttons composed of ceramic materials the operation lof attaching the button-heads to the shanks is of the 'greatest importance and delicacy, owing to the large number and small size of the articles to be manipulated. The said operation consists, first, in arranging the prepared button-heads in sucha manner that the hollows or cavities of the shanks all turned in one direction; secondly, in filling the said hollows or cavities with a liquid cement; thirdly, in placing the ing or setting, fixes the shanks rmly to the button-heads. The apparatus employed according to my invention `for carrying out` the several stages of this operation consists, first, in a tray provided with cells for the reception of the button-heads; secondly, a-centering device which by a single movement places the rows of buttons inthe proper position on the said tray; thirdly, la cement-distributer with nipples for introducing the "liquid cement into the cavities in the buttons when the latter are duly centered and adjusted on thetray; fourthly, a sliding shank adjuster which by one movement causes the shanks to tilt over and drop, loop upward, into the cells of a shanktray provided for their reception; fifthly, a shank-tray for holding the Shanks distributed by the apparatus described under the fourth head; sixthly, a multiple shank-carrier which shank-adjuster upon the sh ank-tray and transton-heads.

In order to enable my invention tobe clearly understood, I will now proceed to describe in 5o succession the several stages of the operation of shanking the buttons, from the arranging of the button-heads upon the tray to the final insertion of the shanks in the cement, which is introduced into the cavities of the lsaid buttons. The improved apparatus employed in carrying out this operation is also hereinafter describedwith reference to the accompanying drawings, in the order in which the several devices constituting the said apparatus have 6o.h

rubber, over which is laid a plate, T,.carried I in a frame, S, by means of which the plate T is bolted down or secured in position upon the plate A. By this operation all the buttonheads are regularly fixed in the. cells, and` the cavities in the said heads are rendered accessible through the holes o in the perforated plate A by turning over the combination of plates forming the tray, so as to bring the plate A to the top, as shown in Fig. 2. 8o

Secondly, the centering device. This device (represented in section in Fig'. l) consists of arectangular metal plate, P, provided with handles to facilitate its manipulation, register studsror pins g, and screwed or riveted centering-pins p, in number corresponding to that of the button-heads contained in the tray hereinbefore described. In order to' adjust, the centers of the buttons, the centering device is placed upon the tray, with the register-pins g 9o duly inserted in corresponding holes, f, in the tray. rllhe centering-pins p then engage with the cavities in the button-heads and adjust the-latter in the proper position. The buttonheads thus adjusted and centered are ready to receive the cement that is to fix the metallic are covered by the unperforated portion ofthe shanks. The improved cement-distributing device hereinafter described supplies the cenient to several rows of buttons simultaneously.

Thirdly, the eement-distributin g device, represented in Figs. 4 and 5, Fig. 4 being a lon gitudinal section thereof, and Fig. 5 a plan. This device consists of a trough, a, provided with handles a', and having a perforated bot-` tom, a2, through which the cement is permitted to escape through conical nipples b, soldered to the said bottom. The distance between these nipples corresponds to the distance between the button-heads in the tray, and'small valves c are suspended over the nipples by wires connected to a cross-bar, c', of a frame, C, provided at each end with handles d, situated opposite the handles a of the trough, and guided in vertical guides t?, soldered to the sides of the trough. Springs placed between the handles a and d tend to elevate and open the valves c, which are closed by pressing the finger upon the handles d ofthe frame, and thus cut off the supply from all the nipples simultaneously.v The cement is allowed to iiow out of the nipples when the latter are introduced into the cavities in the button-heads. The valves are maintained closed when the distributer is out of action by turning camlevers K, placed between the vertical guides d', and causing these levers and cams to occupy the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4. When all the button-heads have been supplied with cement, they are ready to receive the shanks, which are arranged in orde'rv upon a shank trayor holder by means of a mechanical shank adjuster and distributer, as hereinafter described.

Fourthly, the shank adjuster and distributer. rlhis device is illustrated in longitudinal and transverse section and in plan in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, respeetively,.and is composed of a thin plate, e, of sheet-steel, the thickness of which is equal to the thickness of the wire constituting the shanks. In this plate are formed openings f, whose outline corresponds with the external outline of the shanks, and which are arranged at the same distance apart as the holes or cells in the shank-tray. The plate e slides upon aplate, E, whose thickness is equal to the length of the shanks,and which is perforated with a series of round holes, 7L, the diameter of the said holes being equal to that of the loops of the shanks. These holes h taper from the upper to the lower side of' therv plate E, and their number corresponds to thenumber of openings f in the plate e, the said openings being capable of coinciding with the holes h when the device is manipulated, as hereinafter described. When the plates are 'in the position shown in Fig. 6, the holes plate e, and the openings in the latter consequently form so many cells in which wire shankszfwhen scattered promiscuously over the surface of the said plate, settle themselves automatically when the plates are gently shaken. The shank-adjuster, thus iilled with shanks, (the position of the latter being further adjusted by hand, if required,) is then placed upon the shanktray.

rifthiy, the shank-tray. Figs. 9, 9', and 1o represent in longitudinal section, plan, and transverse section, respectively, this tray, which consists of a rectangular plate provided with handles u, register-holes t, and holes a for the reception of the shanks corresponding in number to the holes hin the shank adjuster or distributer. The holes a are cnntersunk and grooved, and serve to hold the shanks in a vertical position perpendicular to the plane ofthe tray. In Fig. 9 the shank adjuster or distributer is shown in position upon the shank-tray, being retained in the proper position by means of the registerpins vg', which engage with the holes t in the tray. NVhen thus arranged, the plate eof the distributer is caused to partake of a slight longitudinal displacement limited in extent by the length of oval holes or slots working Vover studs provided with set-screws V, and all the shanks .a

`are thus caused to fall, loop upward, into the holes h, which are uncovered by the said movenient of the upper plate. The shanks guided by these holesl simultaneously enter the cells in the tray, which form continuations of the holes h.y It is evident that the shank-distributer may be arranged to drop the shanks directly into the cavities in the button-heads, as the divisions of the cellular tray or receptacle for the buttonheads exactly coincide with those of the distributer. In all cases the distributer is carefully removed after the shanks have been deposited, as hereinbefore described, and the shanks will then appear arranged in order, as shown in Fig. 10. rI he shanks are transferred to the button-heads by means of a multiple carrier, hereinafter described.

Sixthly, 'the multiple f carrier, illustra-ted inY longitudinal section in Fig. 1l, in transverse section in Fig. 12,. and in elevation in Fig. 13.' VAThis device is provided with asteel or4 metal frame constructed with handles and of the same dimensions as the shank-tray. The longitudinal bars of this frame serve as snpports to the pivots or axes of a series of T- shaped hinged' plates'or levers, F.- These levers F are arranged in pairs, and are provided withtails o, there being av pair of such levers to each rowof Shanks. The adjacent sides of each pair of hinged plates or levers are provided with strips of Vsteel so shaped as to act as spring gripper-jaws,- capable of laying hold of each of the shanks' separately. Between each pair of gripperlevers Flthere is provided a strengthening bar-'or shoulder, x, which distributesand equalizes `the`pressure throughoutthe j aws and stiens the jaw-plates F. These jaws areoperated in such a man'- ner that they all open and close 'simultane--v IOO IIO f ously for the purpose of' laying hold of or `rei leasing the Shanks. With this object the eX- trcnlities ot' the fraaie are provided with ing either the functions of the said devices or brackets G, in which are pivoted a couple of hand-levers, H. ,The lower extremities of these levers are forked, and these forks embrace a pair of rack-shaped plates, M and N, provided at their extremities with pins which engage corresponding recesses, i and fi', in the arms of the forks. The plates and levers are so arranged that by turning the two leversH toward or away from each other oneA of the rack-plates is raised or lowered,while the other rack-plate is moved silnultaneously in the opposite direction. The rack-shaped plate N is proved with rounded teeth N', forming a seriesl of wedges arranged at the same distance apart as the rows of buttons. Each of these wedges acts simultaneously upon the tails of thelevers ,F ot' two correspondingy pairs of spring griplper-jaws, as shown in Fig. l1., so as to cause the said j aws to close upon the shanks which are placed between them. The other rack-shaped plate, M, is provided with angular wedgeshaped teeth M', arranged opposite the spaces between the teeth on the plate N, and acts in a similar manner upon thetails of the gripperlevers forl the purpose of openingthejaws and causing the latter to release the shanks after they have been transferred to the button-tray, as shown in Fig. 13. In order to thus simultaneously transfer all the shanks which have been arranged in t-he proper position upon the shank-tray hereinhefore described to the button-heads, the multiple carrieris placed upon the shank tray or holder, and the levers are manipulated so as to cause the spring-jaws to close `simultaneously and lay hold of the Shanks. The multiple carrier is then transferred with the shanks to the button-tray, and its levers being again manipulated, butin the contrary direction, the Shanks are released by Jthe spring-jaws and drop simultaneously into the cemented cavities in the button-heads. It is evident that by slightly modifyingthe form of the spring-jaws the multiple carrier hereinbet'ore described may be employed for inserting other descriptions of Shanks in the recesses provided for their reception in the button-` heads. This device completes the operation ot' attaching the shanksto t-he heads. Vhen the cement has dried or set, the buttons are iinished. ing device, the cement-distributer, the shankadjuster, and the multiple carrier-may' be employed either together or scparately,either for the purpose set forthv or for arranging and transferring other similar articles, and in all cases the said devices are susceptible of modification, accordingto the natu-re of the buttons and the form of the Shanks employed, or objects to be arranged and transferred without alter- These four devices-viz., the centertheir combined and simultaneous action.

l. The combination of a tray for holding a number ot' button-heads with a cement-pan having ascres of valved openings corresponding in number and arrangement with the button-cells, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein-described apparatus forniaking buttons, consisting of the combination of a tray for adjusting and holding the buttons in position with a cement-pan having valved openings for supplying the cavities of the buttons with cement, and adistributer for arranging the button shanksibrinsertionin. the heads, substantially as described.

The herein-described apparatus for iuserting Shanks into button-heads, consisting of the combination of a tray for adjusting and holding the buttons in position with a distributer for arranging the button-Shanks, a shank-tray for receiving the latter from the distributer, and a carrier for transferring the Shanks simultaneously from the said tray to the button-heads, all substantially as specified.

4. The button-trajT consisting ot' a cellular perforated plate, o, a sheet of rubber, and a plate, T, for the 'latte-r. "u

5. The cement-pan havinga series of openings and nipples, with aframe, C, mounted on springs, and carrying valves for the openings, and cam-levers to act on the frame, substantially as set forth.

G. The shank-adjuster consisting ot' a plate, E, provided with holes h, and an adjustable sliding plate, c, having openings of about the outline of the shanks, substantially as described.

7. rlhe combination of the shank-tray having holes i1. to receive and hold the Shanks verticall y, with an adjuster consisting of a plate,

E, providedwith holes, and a movable plate, e, having openings to receive the shanks horizontally.

8( The multiple carrier consisting of a frame, a series of levers,F,carrying gripper-jaws,and a pair of movable toothed plates, M and N, for opening and closing said jaws.

9. The combination of the carrier-frame and hinged levers F F, carrying gripper-jaws,with toothed plates M N for acting on said levers, and operating hand-lev`ers H Hr In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JEAN Fl'lhlX BAPTEROSSES.

VitIiesses:

Bano'r, L. Limoux.

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